An anti-LGBTQ+ organization is urging the Trump administration to scrutinize Netflix’s children’s content ahead of the streamer’s proposed merger with Warner Bros.

Earlier this month, Concerned Women for America (CWA) released a report on the prevalence of LGBTQ+ themes and characters in Netflix’s programming aimed at kids. The seven-page report specifically cites recent X posts from the platform’s anti-trans owner, Elon Musk, and from anti-LGBTQ+ activist Chaya Raichik’s Libs of TikTok account, highlighting examples of LGBTQ+ content in kids’ shows on Netflix.

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CWA claims that its researchers “compiled references to LGBTQ+ themes, characters, storylines, and messaging across 326 Netflix series (both licensed and original) rated for young audiences (TV-G, TV-Y, or TV-Y7)” and found that “41% of G-rated series, and 41% of TV-Y7-rated series on Netflix contain LGBTQ+ content.”

Based on its findings, CWA declared the platform an “active driver” of the so-called “LGBTQ agenda,” and the organization’s CEO and president, Penny Nance, urged the Trump administration to take that into consideration when determining whether or not to approve Netflix’s bid to acquire Warner Bros. film and TV studios, along with HBO and HBO Max.

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“We knew that Netflix aired this kind of programming, but our study quantifies how many children’s programs are subverted by LGBTQ messaging and themes. These are shocking numbers, and most parents are unaware,” Nance said in a December 8 statement. “With Netflix’s acquisition of Warner Brothers[sic]/Discovery, families must beware that Netflix will be able to expand its irresponsible approach to content moderation for children. Government should make that part of the conversation of this merger.”

Nance further called for “an outside, independent council that represents the interest of parents, reviewing program ratings.”

As has been widely reported, President Donald Trump has said he will be “involved” in federal regulators’ review of the Netflix-Warner Bros. deal, which has drawn widespread criticism. Opponents of the merger, both in the entertainment industry and Congress, say it will result in further media consolidation and job losses, as well as the decimation of the already struggling theatrical distribution market, with Netflix likely to scale back theatrical releases of Warner Bros. movies.

At the same time, many see the Netflix deal as the lesser of two evils. Prior to Warner Bros. Discovery’s announcement earlier this month that it had accepted the streamer’s $82.7 billion bid to buy Warner Bros. studios and HBO and HBO Max, Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison, son of erstwhile billionaire Trump ally Larry Ellison, had been aggressively pursuing a deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery — including its cable news operations.

A Paramount Skydance deal would have similarly reshaped the entertainment industry and presented all the same regulatory issues as a deal with Netflix, but it would also have brought CNN under the thumb of a Trump ally.

Earlier this year, Trump’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved David Ellison’s bid to merge his Skydance Media with CBS parent company Paramount Global after Skydance promised FCC chairman Brendan Carr that the newly merged companies would eliminate all diversity hiring policies and install an ombudsman to review “complaints of bias” at CBS News. Paramount appointed Kenneth Weinstein, a former Trump appointee and leader of conservative think tank The Hudson Institute, as ombudsman. And in October, Ellison appointed queer “anti-woke” journalist Bari Weiss as CBS News’ editor-in-chief.

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